K-ON Figma: Tsumugi Tokobuki (#59)

This post is long overdue but here's a quick review of my Mugi Figma which I had gotten back in August last year. I know I've been side tracking and buying new toys faster than I can take pictures and blog about them :x

Like the others, Mugi comes with 2 face-plates, 4 extra pairs of hands, her indoor shoes, stand and instrument. I wish they had included more accessories with her. Some tea cups perhaps?

Mugi's keyboard has such amazing detail compared to Yui and Mio's guitars. I especially love the finish. It makes the keyboard look so real!

"Gambatte!"

I think this is suppose to be Mugi's 'fantasizing' face. Don't really like it though. It looks a little off to me for some reason.

It was very hard for me to take pictures of her with her instrument. I just couldn't get the angles right so I'm sorry if I made Mugi seem so boring :(

K-ON Figma: Mio Akiyama (#58)

Taking a break from spray painting because the weather has been extremely humid as of late. It's been raining almost every day here, sometimes even twice or thrice a day. Anyway, I managed to capture a few shots of my Mio Figma before the weather started to turn dark again, so here she is!

Mio's bass bag is missing a strap. There's also this strap adjuster piece that my Yui Figma didn't come with. They're probably missing parts since I didn't purchase them sealed :(

Oh well. I do intend to get another Yui Figma set so I can re-enact scenes whereby Ui pretends to be her sister so I guess I could snag those missing parts from there. 

Meanwhile, just slinging the only strap of her bass bag on one arm and taking a shot from this angle works for me :3

Like Yui, Mio also comes with a pair of indoor shoes, 2 additional faceplates and 5 extra pairs of hands. Personally, I'm would have preferred an angry or scared face. But these ones are pretty fun as well!

Think I mistook her shy face for a crying expression ;_;

I usually take boring straight-up shots so I tried taking pictures from dynamic angles this time. Hope you enjoyed the photos :)

Haruhi Figma: Haruhi Suzumiya Kyouya Ver. (#77)

I'm back with another Figma review! This time it's Haruhi Suzumiya from the anime series: The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya.

I must admit that I only watched the anime because I felt like collecting more Figmas. I didn't like it at first because the episodes were not shown in chronological order and it confused the crap out of me. But I'm glad I stuck through the entire series because eventually everything made sense.

If you plan on watching the anime, my advice is to stick to the original broadcast order. It'll be confusing at the start but trust me it'll be worth it! Not watching the series in chronological order gives it a different build up towards the last episode. Kinda like the way Star Wars was shown!

I got a pretty good deal for this Figma. It was brand new, unopened and costed me only 28 USD! However, I was a little disappointed with this one because..

#1 – Haruhi's stand came with badly rusted screws even though it was brand new and sealed. Thankfully, I managed to find a tutorial on how to replace them since they don't sell the stands separately

#2 – There was a spot on the short hair piece whereby the paint had come off so I decided to cover it with pastels. I used Mr. Super Clear Flat to seal it but I have no idea why it ended up giving her hair piece a glossy finish. The glossy finish bothers me a little because that's how a fake Figma looks like :\

#3 – Her front fringe piece keeps falling off

At first I thought she could be a fake because her hair pieces aren't in the same colour throughout and her joints were obviously lighter in color than her skin part. But her box came with the authencity seal and her legs didn't look weird like this fake Mikuru Asahina Cheerleader Figma.

Flaws aside, she's really nice to take pictures of:

She comes with a functional sleeping bag (as seen in the anime) as well as a sleeping face-plate:

And lastly, she also comes with 5 extra pairs of hands and an extra face-plate for Nagato Yuki!

Overall, this is a really fun Figma to have despite the minor flaws. Hopefully I'll have better luck with my next Figma purchase!

K-ON Figma: Yui Hirasawa (#57)

Overblew my budget on toys last month because I couldn't resist a good bargain lol. I caved and bought a set of K-ON Figmas because they only cost 160 USD for the full band!

Absolutely loved the anime and it's definitely my favourite. The K-ON Nendoroids were what drew me to the series, but their Figmas seemed like alot of fun as well especially because they're articulated.

Yui comes with 5 pairs of hands, one of which is actually a picking hand and fretting hand pair!

Wish they added strings to the guitar to make it more detailed though!

But she does have a functional guitar bag you can put her guitar into!

She also comes with a standard Figma stand and an extra side piece so you can have her carry the guitar bag over her shoulders should you need her on the stand:

Yui also includes a 'big face' face-plate and a bigger fringe piece to go with it. The face should come blank if your set is brand new. The previous owner had applied on one of the expressions already:

Not really fond of the 'big face' though. I would've preferred if it's the same size as her other two face-plates. Also, I just found out the previous owner didn't include the sheet of various facial expressions you can apply to the 'big face'. They're supposedly like temporary tattoos and not stickers so they're not reusable.

Overall, I'm pretty pleased with my purchase! Figmas are indeed alot of fun because of their poseability and changeable parts. They're also of good quality and very nicely painted – definitely worth the money!